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School: Tairbeart (C.)

Location:
Tarbert, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Chonaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0404, Page 139

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    and at farm houses. Sometimes, when prices go high at the fair, "jobbers" go to farmer's houses to make their purchases.
    There is no custom paid in Tarbert or in Glin but there is in Listowel. You pay a penny toll on each bonhams and three pence or six pence per head on cows. The toll money in Listowel goes to the Earl of Listowel.
    When a bargain has been made the farmer allows "luck-penny". He holds out his palm, and the buyer clinches the deal by striking it.
    Usually "jobbers" work in "companies". If the leader fails, one after another of his followers will offer a decreasing sum. When the leader comes back
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Stasia Lanigan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tarbert, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    William Lanigan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Tarbert, Co. Kerry